Following the
Nampala attack, the government of
Mali declares a three-day mourning period for the 17 soldiers killed in the attack, as well as a state of emergency for three months across the country.
(Reuters)
Breitbart tech editor and outspoken conservative gay activist
Milo Yiannopoulos with more than 338,000 registered followers is "permanently" banned from
Twitter.
(Guardian)
A
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) ship rescues 209 people, including 50 children, from two dinghies in distress in the
Mediterranean Sea but finds 22 dead bodies, 21 women and a child, lying in a pool of fuel in the bottom of one of the boats. The dinghies were 17 miles east of
Tripoli,
Libya. Cause of death is unknown, though an MSF official says it could be that fumes from mixed fuel and water rendered the people unconscious. The MSF ship is expected to arrive in the
Sicilian port of
Trapani on Friday.
(Reuters)